Seems like fun... But this type of thing doesn't help our profession be taken seriously. If WibiData was a game company this would fit - but they do data analytics as far as I can tell. I am a professional software developer. I have a very specific skill set and I expect to be treated properly. I do not appreciate it when people think I am a "geek", or that I obviously play video games or are in to Star Trek[1]. When…
Maybe the problem is that we think we're supposed to be serious. Writing code is fun, or at least it should be whenever possible.
Writing code can be fun.
Writing code professionally should be serious.
These are not mutually exclusive points.